Photographs of the Malaga-based band Negroazulado at the studio of British producer John Wood. An intense week’s work for the band recording their first EP, full of powerful guitars, soft melodies and the unmistakable voice of Sixto Jiménez. The album will be launched by summer. Be patient.

From September 22nd to October 13th, the Centro Cultural Provincial (C/ Ollerías 34, Málaga) is hosting the exhibition The three sides of the sphere, a photographic project on which I have worked with Francisco Javier López and Manuel Jiménez Mérida. This is a simple conceptual exercise in which each artist, living in a different city, took 14 photographs based on 14 randomly selected words. The “experiment” shows the impact of this inversion of the creative pattern in each artist’s visual speech. You are all invited.

Off I went, to the Azkena Rock Festival in Vitoria (Spain) to see one of my favourite hard rock bands: Clutch. The rest of the concerts were a bit of a joke compared to the show these guys put together.

For three weeks starting Saturday the 14th of May, four of my photographs from the series A Certain way out are being shown in the Center of Contemporary Art in Málaga. They have been awarded a special mention in the contest of visual arts MálagaCrea 2011 (thanks, Manu, for those spotless prints). You are all invited.

Premiere of the first album by jazz quintet Gabacho Connection in Bayonne. The band, directed by drummer Vincent Thomas -my friend and mentor-, plays a very eclectic jazz with echoes of rock, reggae, etc.Very French indeed. The album is a gem. In the next moths they will be playing many concerts in Spain and France, a very recommendable show.

Exhibition: 11th Night Bonfires - From today until the 6th May the Espacio Oblicuo, in the Centro Cultural Provincial de la Diputación de Málaga (C/ Ollerías 34) will be exhibiting a series of photographs by Manuel Jiménez Mérida entitled 11th Night Bonfires. The images show the preparations for the huge bonfires that burn all over Belfast on the 11th July every year before the Orange Order Parades. Classic documentary photography in black and white, a true pleasure.

Last weekend I went to see – and photograph – a concert by Willis Drummond. In my opinion these guys put together the best hard rock/punk show in the Basque Country today. I think they come from somewhere in Iparralde (the French side of the Basque country), not sure where exactly. I first saw them just over a year ago and, ever since then, I promised myself not to miss any of their gigs in town. Not a single one. It is rare to see concerts of this intensity and quality. If you are into rock (rather hard), seriously, do not miss them if you have the chance.